Through three playoff games, it’s been established that Toronto FC are capable of getting results any way possible. They don’t look like the team that dominated the rest of MLS through the summer and scored the most goals (74) in the league. After going goalless through their last two games, they look more like a team that will rely heavily on their experience to grind out results.

If TFC continue to play that kind of ugly soccer to wear down the Columbus Crew in the second leg of the Eastern Conference final on Wednesday, their defenders will take centre stage. The Crew proved they were capable of breaking down TFC’s midfield during the 0-0 draw in the first leg by outshooting the Reds 14-7. TFC looked strangely undisciplined at times in their own end and allowed a late surge from the Crew. Had Columbus scored and won that first leg, few would have said they didn't deserve it.

And the man who will be at the centre of it all in the second leg is Drew Moor,...

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